Jordan History
First black woman to give a ____ at a national political convention
Keynote Address
What is different? What is special? I, Barbara Jordan, am a keynote speaker.
Hypophora
"It was 144 years ago that members of the Democratic Party first met in convention to select a presidential candidate. Since that time, Democrats have continued to convene once every four years and draft a party platform and nominate a presidential candidate."
Logos
These movements that helped Barbara Jordan into politics
Civil Rights and Women's Rights
“We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future. We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap between the promise and reality of America can one day be finally closed. We believe that.”
Anaphora
"I think it no accident that most of those immigrating to America in the 19th century identified with the Democratic Party. We are a heterogeneous party made up of Americans of diverse backgrounds."
Logos
First black woman from the South to be elected to ___
"But, our deafness was only a temporary condition and not an irreversible condition."
Metaphor
“I could list the problems which cause people to feel cynical, angry, frustrated. Problems which include, lack of integrity in government, the feeling that the individual no longer counts, the reality of material and spiritual poverty, the feeling that the grand American experiment is failing or has failed.”
Pathos
(After reconstruction) First African American elected to Texas ____
Senate
“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master.”
Chiasmus (and technically allusion to Abraham Lincoln)
"And now, what are those of us who are elected public officials supposed to do? We call ourselves public servants. But I’ll tell you this, we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. "
Ethos
Bill Clinton awarded her with this in 1994
Presidential Medal of Freedom
"...the authority of all the people, not just one interest group, but all the people..."
Diacope
"It’s tough, difficult, not easy, but a spirit of harmony will survive in America only if each of us remembers that we share a common destiny. If each of us remembers when self-interest and bitterness seem to prevail, that we share a common destiny."
Ethos